Work & commute · Brentwood

Work & commute in Brentwood, CA

Most working residents leave Brentwood for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (8%), Antioch (5%) and Oakland (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

3,576 of 27,232 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,656 Brentwood residents head out of town to work, 3,576 work right here, and 10,666 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brentwood.

23,656live here, work elsewhere

3,576live and work here

10,666work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brentwood goes to work

Brentwood (in town)right here

13%3,576

San Francisco73.1 mi away

8%2,196

Antioch5.2 mi away

5%1,230

Oakland29.9 mi away

5%1,227

Walnut Creek17.7 mi away

4%1,162

Concord15.6 mi away

4%1,110

Livermore17.3 mi away

4%1,013

San Jose44.5 mi away

3%922

Pleasanton20.6 mi away

3%689

Martinez22 mi away

2%652

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%13,455

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Brentwood commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

22%

28%

39%

11%

22%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brentwood is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Brentwood are

14,242 jobs are based in Brentwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brentwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brentwood

14,242 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Brentwood residents hold

27,232 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+56%

Jobs based in Brentwood, 2013 → 2023: 9,149 → 14,242. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.